Comparison

been vs Trāce

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

been

Visualize your travel history on a world map by selecting visited countries. Sync your progress across devices with an account. Future updates aim to enhance map detail and regional tracking.

Highlights
  • Visualize visited countries on a world map
  • Cross-device syncing via account login
  • Country-based travel history
  • Future regional map zoom feature
  • Neutral political stance on country recognition
Features
Read full description

"been" is the simplest way to remember everywhere you've been. Tap a country and watch your world map fill in. Your passport keeps score — UN member countries, total countries, regions and continents — so you can see your travels at a glance and share them with friends. Sign in to keep your map backed up and in sync across all your devices. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Mark the countries you've visited on an interactive world map • See your stats: UN members, countries and continents • Build a travel passport and share it • Sync across devices when you sign in • Light and dark themes PREMIUM — an optional upgrade unlocks: • Regions within supported countries — states, provinces, counties and the like • Globe view — see your travels on a 3D globe • A travel wishlist of the places you want to go next • Private notes on any country • An ad-free experience A NOTE ON COUNTRIES Our list is based primarily on United Nations membership, while also including places that aren't formally recognised as UN member states but are considered de facto countries by some. "been" doesn't take a political stance on these questions — our goal is simply to give you somewhere to record your own travels, with room for the many perspectives in our community. Start filling in your map today. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Trāce

Map your travels by marking countries and US states you've visited, lived in, or want to see. Track your progress with statistics on countries, continents, and world coverage. Share visually appealing maps of your journeys.

Highlights
  • Mark countries and US states with custom statuses
  • Visualize travel progress on a world map
  • Track statistics for countries and continents
  • Generate shareable map images
  • Switch between light and dark map styles
  • Offline functionality
Features
Read full description

Trāce is a map of everywhere you've been, and it's free. No subscription, no ads, no account. Mark the countries you've visited, lived in, have booked, or want to see next. Trāce fills them in on a world map that's been drawn to look like an atlas rather than a satnav: no roads, no buildings, no pins, just land, water, borders and names. It's a globe, so you can spin it and zoom right in. It keeps the count for you. How many countries, how many continents, and what share of the world that really is. FILL YOUR MAP FROM YOUR PHOTOS Your photo library already knows where you've been. Trāce reads the location saved on your pictures, works out the countries and US states, and shows you what it found so you can confirm it. All of it happens on your phone: it reads where and when, never the pictures themselves, and nothing is sent anywhere. Nothing is marked until you say so. A TIMELINE OF YOUR TRIPS The dates on your photos put your travel in order, trip by trip, with the states a road trip crossed counted inside it. Tell Trāce which places are just everyday life and they stay off it. You can type in the older trips your phone was never around for. THE PLACES THAT AREN'T THEIR OWN COUNTRY Puerto Rico, Hong Kong, Macau, Greenland, Guam, Aruba, the US and British Virgin Islands, French Polynesia, the Cayman Islands and more. 44 territories in all, counted separately from the 198 countries, so your country total stays honest. ALL 50 US STATES States get their own map, their own stats and their own share card, Washington DC included. Other travel trackers charge extra for states. Here it's part of the app. FIVE THEMES Paper, Daybreak, Tide, Midnight and Ember. Your theme goes everywhere: the map, the lists, the share card, and the app icon on your Home Screen. WHAT YOU CAN DO - Fill your map from your photo library in about a minute, then confirm what it found - Tap a country on the globe, or tap the box on any row, to mark it Visited, Lived, Booked or Want to visit - See your trips as a timeline, and add the older ones by hand - Read a list of countries without checking a key, because each status has its own mark - Add 44 territories and islands, counted separately from countries - Track all 50 US states and Washington DC on their own map - Browse your places by continent, with progress for each one - Search for the small places that are hard to hit on a globe - Share your map, your states or your trips as a card in your current theme, to Instagram, Messages, or anywhere - Keep your map and your trips on your other devices through your own iCloud - Use it offline. No signal needed WHAT IT COSTS Nothing. Other travel maps charge for US states, for regions, or for a subscription. Trāce gives you all of it free, with no ads and no in-app purchases. PRIVATE BY DESIGN There's no account to make and nothing to cancel. Your travel history lives on your device and syncs through your own iCloud if you want it on more than one. It never touches a server of ours, and we never see your map. Reading your photos happens entirely on your phone, and no picture, and nothing read from one, ever leaves it. Trāce is the free flagship of the Āpex Suite from HYTimes App Studio. Start with the first country you remember. The map does the rest.

Screenshots

been4 screens
Trāce4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: been at 4.8 against Trāce's 4.3. been also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (32 vs 4). Trāce's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. been sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. Trāce asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

been holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: been has 32 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

been ships an update every 3 days, Trāce every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
been versus Trāce: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterbeenTrāce
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (32 ratings) — better4.3 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews28.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings32 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB64 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperREBR ASHYTimes Group, LLC

Customer experience

been

All ratings29 ratings
Positive93.1%
Neutral3.4%
Negative3.4%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive28.6%
Neutral42.9%
Negative28.6%

Trāce

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

been

Subscriptions1
  • Premium$9.991 Year
One-time3
  • Premium Offer$4.99
  • Premium$9.99
  • Premium$14.99
None

Trāce

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is been free?
been is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Trāce free?
Trāce is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, been or Trāce?
been is rated higher. been averages 4.8 out of 5 from 32 ratings, while Trāce averages 4.3 from 4 ratings.
Do been or Trāce have ads?
been shows ads; Trāce does not.
Which is updated more often, been or Trāce?
been ships an update every 3 days, and Trāce every 2 months. Most recently, been was updated on November 7, 2026 and Trāce on November 10, 2026.

Other comparisons